Thomas Benkö becomes AI Innovation Lead Newsroom at Blick Group
As of September 1, 48-year-old Thomas Benkö will be the new AI Innovation Lead in the Blick newsroom. In this role, he will examine possible uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday editorial work - and develop potential applications with the digital and product teams.
Thomas Benkö started as a digital editor at the Blick Group in 2000. After building up the Abendzeitung Today In 2008, he became a page turner at the Evening view and later also deputy editor-in-chief there. Since 2018, he has been leading the online presence of Blick.ch as Teamlead Digital.
"With Thomas, we are not only gaining a digital expert for this fundamentally important topic area of the future, but we can also build on the know-how of a colleague of many years who knows the newsroom, the colleagues, the processes and the challenges very well," says Sandro Inguscio, Editor-in-Chief Blick.ch & Blick TV, about Benkö's new role.
In his new role, Thomas Benkö will identify areas of application for AI and develop possible applications in collaboration with the digital and product team. He is also responsible for raising awareness and training journalists in the use of AI.
"I like to be where innovation meets journalism. Like the Internet, AI is not a fad that will eventually disappear, but a technology that has come to stay," says Benkö. "AI offers a lot of potential, and I'm happy to help make my colleagues' jobs a little easier in the future - so they have more time for creativity and research."
